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Changing shape
Law teachers, postsecondary
Teach courses in law. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 19% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +2.6% by 2035, slower than average. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $128,500
- Job growth to 2035
- +2.6%
- Openings a year
- 1,800
- People doing it (2025)
- 25,800
- Usual route in
- Doctorate or professional degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Advise others on educational or vocational matters
- Teach academic or vocational subjects
- Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Assess student capabilities, needs, or performance
- Develop educational programs, plans, or procedures
- Maintain operational records
What the work looks like
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, papers, and oral presentations.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Sociology teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 20, +2.2%
- Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 26, +2.7%
- Geography teachers, postsecondaryChanging shape, Index 21, +2.7%
- Computer science teachers, postsecondaryGrows with AI, Index 22, +4.9%
Also known as: Clinical Law Professor, Law Professor, Legal Studies Professor, Legal Writing Professor, Business Law Professor, Law Instructor, Paralegal Instructor, Paralegal Studies Professor.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.